jbarnette

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   by jbarnette 7y ago

   By the time we extracted Scientist, the code we were refactoring had pretty good test coverage. But even the best test suite is an imperfect model of production. The first section of the README briefly mentions this: "Let's preten
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   by jbarnette 8y ago

   Thanks, Evi. You were kind to me when I was very young and very stupid.
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   by jbarnette 9y ago

   EY, Rackspace, and then our own metal.
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   by jbarnette 13y ago

   Pretty much only the early employees remember where that humans.txt is stashed.
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   by jbarnette 13y ago

   I wouldn't be surprised if a few GitHubbers dropped by Huntsville sometime this summer. Watch the blog.
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   by jbarnette 13y ago

   We'll see what we can do. ;)
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   by jbarnette 13y ago

   There is no such thing as a shit task. Added: That's a little too glib, sorry. Let me try again: From my perspective, if there's something that needs to be done at GitHub there are a few possibilities: 1. It needs to be done and
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   by jbarnette 13y ago

   We use PRP in any situation where someone explicitly takes responsibility for an outcome, no matter whether the outcome is some software or a clean office or an accurate tax return.
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   by jbarnette 13y ago

   If you're running a recent version of GitHub Enterprise, the avatar base URL can be configured today. It's possible to run an internal, secure server that responds to Gravatar's URL scheme.
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    by jbarnette 13y ago

    We released task lists earlier this year: https://github.com/blog/1375-task-lists-in-gfm-issues-pulls-...
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    by jbarnette 13y ago

    Yup, we're focusing on the pages most likely to be clicked through on mobile first.
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    by jbarnette 13y ago

    Have you asked us? support@github are real humans, I promise.
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    by jbarnette 13y ago

    I'm really sorry to hear that. I work at GitHub, so if you want to talk more about your experience please drop me a line. It's this username at that domain. Or hit up any other GitHubbers in this thread: We wouldn't be hanging around if we
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    by jbarnette 13y ago

    NilClass.
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    by jbarnette 13y ago

    It's in the early 7000's.
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    by jbarnette 13y ago

    We grabbed a 3D printer for the office a while ago.
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    Drift after installation and incremental updates were more of a problem for us than initial installs.
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    We've opened up #boxen on freenode for questions and discussion. We'll idle there whenever we can.
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    My favorite thing about this library is that it parses the NASM manual: https://github.com/seattlerb/wilson/blob/master/lib/wilson.r...
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    Yep, we don't count contributions until they hit a repository's default or gh-pages branch.
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    We don't have roadmaps or a prioritized backlog, so we weren't exactly "waiting" to implement this. Someone got fed up with the image workflow, figured out a solution, grabbed some other people to help, and shipped it.
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    Yup, images only.
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    There are a fair amount of us > 35 folks at GitHub.
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    by jbarnette 14y ago

    GitHub has been organized this way since it was in a pre-revenue state.
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    by jbarnette 15y ago

    We started doing this in Seattle last year with some success ( http://startupsanonymous.com ). I've kept it dormant during a busy move to New Orleans, but if anybody's interested in working together to get it started again I'm up for it. Th
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    by jbarnette 15y ago

    https://github.com/nateware/redis-objects is clean, mature, and has worked very well for us in several production systems. What makes ROC better?
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    by jbarnette 15y ago

    Compare: http://www.turningart.com
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    by jbarnette 15y ago

    I don't get the impression that many of the commenters here are spending a lot of time trying to hire good people right now. I am, and I'd be grateful to receive an email like this. I wouldn't like it, but honest, personal feedback on an
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    by jbarnette 16y ago

    There are some good sample logos on the page, but the overall design reads more as a vanity site/portfolio than as a marketing page. Make every element on the page justify its presence. "Hey, coffee-stained TODO list in the top right corner
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    by jbarnette 16y ago

    Aaron's real blog: http://tenderlovemaking.com